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"Higgins 78-ft" torpedo boats (PT71) (1942 - 1945)


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PT295

Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

PT71 - 94

PT197 - 254

PT265 - 313

PT450 - 485

PT625 - 660

PT791 - 808

Higgins, New Orleans: PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313, 450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 808

7-12/1942: PT71 - 80, 82 - 94

1-12/1943: PT81, 197 - 254, 265 - 307

1-8, 12.1944: PT308 - 313, 450 - 485, 625, 626

1-10/1945: PT627 - 660, 791 - 796

PT73 (15.1.1945), PT77 (1.2.1945), PT79 (1.2.1945), PT200 (22.2.1944), PT202 (16.8.1944), PT218 (16.8.1944), PT219 (14.9.1943), PT239 (14.12.1943), PT247 (5.5.1944), PT251 (26.2.1944), PT279 (11.2.1944), PT283 (17.3.1944), PT300 (18.12.1944), PT301 (7.11.1944), PT311 (18.11.1944)

PT797 - 808 - sold incomplete

Soviet Union 2-11/1943: PT85 - 87, 89, 197, 198, 265 - 276, 289 - 294, 625 - 656 (unnamed, No22, unnamed, No21, unnamed, unnamed, No202 - 213, TK-215 - 218, 222, 219, 851- 882)

United Kingdom 4.1943: PT88, 90 - 94, 201, 203 - 217 (MTB419 - 424, MGB181, 189, 182, 190, 177, 183 - 185, 191, 186, 192, 187, 178 - 180, 188)

10/1945-1/1946: PT71, 72, 74 - 76, 78, 80 - 84, 197 - 199, 220 - 238, 240 - 246, 248 - 250, 252 - 254, 277 - 278, 280 - 282, 284 - 288, 295 - 299, 302 - 310, 312, 313, 450 - 485, 657 - 660, 791 - 796



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

35

Displacement full, t

43 - 48

Length, m

23.9 - 24.0

Breadth, m

6.12

Draught, m

1.60

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

4050 - 4500

Max speed, kts

41

Fuel, t

petrol 10800 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

500 (20)

Armament

PT71 - 94, 197 - 254, 265 - 313: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT

PT450 - 485, 625 - 660, 791 - 796: 1 x 1 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 - 533 TT

Electronic equipmentSO or SCR-517A radar
Complement

17



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<i>PT295</i>
PT295


Project history

78ft Higgins type, designed on the basis of project made by "British Power Boats".

Modernizations

None.

1.1946, survived: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 - 533 TT, SO or SCR-517A radar

Naval service

: No significant events.



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